just buggin around

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This afternoon, in my back garden I witnessed the catching and killing of a hovering fly by a wasp. The wasp caught the fly in flight and they both fell on the terrace while making a lot of noise as both were loud buzzing.

The wasp stinged the fly and then slowly dissected it into three pieces, the head, the back side and the middle section, bit off the legs and wings and then flew off with just the middle section held with its jaws.

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I have seen this many many times, it always fascinates me, so much life and death going on about its business while we hardly notice.

[geoff]

A couple from the garden,I dont know what the snail is;

 

IMG_0018 by geoff321, on Flickr

 

IMG_0016 by geoff321, on Flickr

[sean]

absolutely stunning mate!!:thumbup1:

[geoff]

Thanks Sean,twas a tiny wee snail!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

A couple from the garden,I dont know what the snail is;

 

IMG_0018 by geoff321, on Flickr

 

IMG_0016 by geoff321, on Flickr

 

that first shot is a stonker, very well chosen focus plain, well exucuted:thumbup1: